Embroidering device



G. W.MAXWELL.

EMBROIDERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20. 1919.

1,354,119, PatentedSept. 28,1920.

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GEORGE W. MAXWELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EMBROIDERING DEVICE.

Application filed October 20, 1919.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MAXWELL, a citizen of the United States residing in the county of Cook, city of (lhicago, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Embroidering De--- vices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an embroidering device particularly useful in practising a method of embroidering in which the needle carrying the thread is not passed bodily through the cloth being embroidered, but in which the needle point carrying the thread is projected successively through the cloth and withdrawn, so as to form a succession of loops on the face of the cloth.

The needle by means of which such embroidering is carried on is usually of tubular form, the thread being passed down through the body of the needle and then through an eye near the point of the needle. The needle is usually held removably in a handle, or

holder.

The general object of my invention is to provide a holder of simple construction which can operate as a handle to hold two needles of different diameters, at different times, and which can also operate when desired to hold two needles of equal diameter simultaneously along side of each other so that the embroidering can be done with two threads simultaneously; to this end, one of my objects has been to construct the handle ofthe holder in such away that it is reversible. In one position of the holder the openings which could carry needles, operate as guides for the thread passing through the needle held at the opposite end of the holder. That is to say, one 'of my objects is to produce a very simple and compact holder, or handle, operating as a holder for the needle and as a thread guide, and which is capable of holding two needles or the same diameter simultaneously, or two other needles of different diameters.

The invention consists in the novel feat ures, and in the general combination of parts to be particularly described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce a simple and efficient embroidering device. A preferred embodiment of my invention will be particularly described in the following specification, while the broad scope of my invention will be pointed out in the appended claims. In the drawing,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

Serial No. 331,885.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an embroidery needle holder and thread guide em bodying my invention and illustrating the same when used to hold two needles adjacent to each other;

ig. 2 is a view similar to F ig. l, but showing the holder and thread guide in a reversed position and carrying a single needle of a relatively small diameter;

Fig. 3 is a perspective illustrating the holder and thread guide as used with an embroidery needle of a larger diameter than that shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a plan of a blank from which one of my needles may be readily formed;

Fig. 5 is a plan of a blank from which another form of needle may be readily produced;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the lower end of one of the needles illustrating details of its construction; and

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the manner of using such a needle in embroidering.

In practising my invention, I provide a handle, or holder, preferably in the form of a frame 1 which may present two oppositely disposed flat sidebars 2 and transverse end bars and 4. This frame is most conveniently formed by bending a strip of flat metal into the shape shown in Fig. 1, the end bar 3 being formed integrally with the side bars 2, and the other end bar 4: being formed by bending the ends of the bar into end sections 4 and 49 integral with the side bars 2, which end sections project toward each other, but which are preferably separated at their end faces by a narrow gap 5 so that the entire frame has a certain amount of resiliency, or spring effect.

The handle is provided with means for carrying the needles. In the present instance, the end bar 3 is provided with two openings 6 of equal diameter adapting it to hold. simultaneously two embroidery needles 7 and 8. The bodies of these needles 7 and S are substantially similar, that is to say, the bodies are of tubular form, with quill shaped lower ends, each provided with an opening, or eye, through which the embroidery threads 9 and 10 pass. However, the upper portions of these needles are not identical in shape on account of the fact that the needle points are preferably disposed toward the same side of the handle.

The needle 7 may be simply formed from a blank 11 having the general characteristics of the blank shown in Fig. 4, that is to say, the blank consists of an elongated strip having a slot 12 at its upper end and tapering to a point 13 at its lower end. Near the middle portion of the blank, laterally disposed lugs 14 are formed, having small shoulders 15 near the lower edges thereof. The lower part of the blank has lugs 16, the outer edges of which are in alinement with the shoulders 15. In forming the needle, the lower portion of the blank is rolled on a longitudinal axis into a cylinder so that the adjacent edges ofthe lugs 16 abut against each other, and so that the shoulders 15 abut against each other, (see Fig. 6).. The lugs 14 become superposed upon each other and are bent outwardly so as to enable them to cooperate with means on the holder for securing the needle in position. I do not limit yself to these details however, and any suitable means may be provided for enabling the needle andthe holder to cooperate to hold the needle in position. When the needle is constructed as the needle 7 is constructed, I simply provide the sidebars 2 with small rectangular, or square, openings 17 which receive the lugs 14 when the body of the needle has been passed downwardly through the opening 6, (see Fig. 1).

needle to be regulated,I prefer to provide a row ofthe openings 17, extending longitudinally along the side bars.

The needle 8 may be conveniently formed from a bank having the characteristics of the 7 blank 18 (see Fig. 5). This blank has the general shape of the blank 11 except that near its middlepoint it is provided with two oppositely projecting lugs 19 disposed between shallow slots 20 and the upper end of the blank is provided with a longitudinal slot 21,. which extends through the upper edge, or end of the blank an'd is not a closed slot such as the slot 12. This blank 18 is described in-connection with the needle 7 and the lugs 19 are bent around so as to form dogs 22 which may project throughv openings 17in the opposite side bar 2.- Then the needles are in position their upper ends extend upwardly along the side bars 2 of the 'holder and are bent laterally so as to'form overlapping tails23, see Fig. 1;.in forming these tails the slot 12 ismade to aline with tbeslot21. In the'other end, or upper end of the frame as viewed in Fig.1, openings 24 and 25 are provided, respectively, in the end bar sections '4 and 4; These openings operate as thread guides for the threads 10 and 9, respectively, which passdownwardly through the' alining slots 12 and 21, and

" thence through the tubular bodiesof the needles7 and v In order to enable the amount of penetration of the These openings 24 and 25 are of different diameters from each other and are also of different diameters from the openings 6 at the other end of the frame. 7

Y mien it is desired to use the holder for a needle .of small diameter I remove the needles 7 and 8 and reverse the position of the holder, that is to say, I hold it with its small end down, and I mount in the opening 25, a small needle 26. T his. needle is formed from a blank the body of which is bent into tubular form, the upper end of the blank being bent to form a lateral extension or tail which is made of tubular form by rolling the fiat blank into a cylindrical shape. This end of the frame is provided with means for cooperating with the needle to hold it in the handle. For example,1I provide one of the side bars 2 with a row of openings 28 for this purpose. The thread 29 passes up through the tubular body of the needle 26 and is guided through the opposite opening 6 in the other end of the handle' The needle 26 is the smallest needle which can be mounted in the holder or handle. A needle 30 of intermediate size may be mounted in the handle in, the opening 24. This needle 80 is formed similarly to the needle 26, except that its upper end is offset as n31 so as tope'rmit'the thread 32 to pass straight down into the upper end of the tubular body of the needle. This offset is made necessary by reason of the fact that the eye 33 of this needle is on the same side as the eye ofthe needle 26.

The manner of using an embroide'ring device of this type is illustrated in Fig. 7; the needle is pushed successively partially through the cloth 34fand withdrawn so as to form a-seriesf of loops 35- on the underside ofthe cloth, which becomes the right side after the embroidery is completed.

In using the embroidering device, the end of the handle operates as a stop to limit the penetration of the needle. The amount of projection of all of the needles maybe regulated, because I provide a row of openings Corresponding to each. needle. In the case offthe needle 30, I provide a row of openings '36oppo site to the openings 28 and cooperating with the needle 30in the same way as the openings 28 cotiperate with the needle 26.

The handle 1 is preferably larger at one end than the other, and this effectrmay be v of the frame so as to spring the bars 2 nearer together at the small end .of the frame; this gives a slight movement of the bars 2 at the small end of the frame which may be utilized to assist in securing the needles 26 or 30 in the frame.

What I claim is:

1. An embroidering device comprising a reversible handle in combination with two detachable tubular embroidery needles, mounted in substantially parallel relation at one end of said handle, the opposite end of said handle having openings of different size capable of receiving embroidery needles and adapted to operate as guides for the threads passing to the embroidery needles mounted at the opposite end of the handle.

2. A reversible handle for holding embroidery needles, having an opening at one end for a needle of one diameter and having an opening at the other end for a needle of another diameter, said handle further having means adjacent each end thereof to cooperate with a needle to secure the same in the handle, the opening at one end of the handle operating as a guide for the thread passing to a needle held at the other end of the handle.

3. A reversible handle for holding embroidery needles of different diameters, consisting of a frame comprising two sub" stantially flat side bars and end bars, one of said end bars having two openings of substantially equal diameter therethrough to receive embroidery needles of equal diameter, the other end bar having two openings of diameters different from each other and different from the diameter of said first named openings, each of said last named openings being adapted to hold a needle of a diameter corresponding thereto, said frame, adjacent each end thereof, having means to cooperate with the embroidery needles to secure the same in the ends of the holder, an opening at either end of said holder operating as a thread guide for a needle mounted at the opposite end of the holder.

4. A reversible handle for holding embroidery needles of different diameters con sisting of a frame formed of a fiat bar bent so as to have two side bars connected at one end by an integral end bar, the opposite ends of said side bars having end bar sections projecting toward each other and forming an end bar for that end of the handle, said first named end bar having a pair of openings therethrough of equal diameter for holding two embroidery needles of equal diameter, said end bar sections each having an opening therethrough, said last named openings being of unequal diameter to enable each of the same to hold an embroidery needle of a different diameter from that of the other, said side bars adjacent each end of the holder having means to cooperate with the embroidery needles to secure the same in the holder.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

Y GEORGE W. MAXWELL. 

